Egg container



' E. E. REEVES.

Feb. 13, 1923.

EGG CONTAINER.

FILED FEB. 2,1921.

wrm/raf? HrroR/vfys Patented Feb. 13, 1923.

' sire-u v miam EDWIN OF SAN FRANCZESGO, CALIF()ELVIA,` ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL CASE COMPANY, OF REN-Q, NEVADA,.A .CORE'ORATIONOF NEVADA.

nee courants@ Application Vfiled: ebruary ,12921.` serial No. i11i-111362. d

To ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWIN F. REEVES, a citizenv .of they United` States., `and .resident of the city kand county of San Francisco, State of California, have linvented new and useful `Improvenrents in Egg Containers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has .for its ebisctsmlses- 01" @entamer in which @ses merli@ .Safely 1 0 racked and .Shirredvithwt the usual .breek- A further Obie@ is the produtlon ,of

sich realises vhifih.` vill b'sutebl for frequent or continuous use and one which may be cheaply constnueted and quickly assembled. l

These objects I attain by a structure of paper or cardboard or the like wherebyv a series of cells are formed between the several members of the structure and into which the eggs are placed. The walls of the said cells are formed with the requisite stiffness or supporting power to safely carry the egg under the varying conditions of transport and at the same time to provide sufficient elasticity in the walls, tops and bottoms to prevent breakage of the said egg, incident to a blow or jar. d

This cellular structure I assemble within a container or box, the outer walls ofwhich :so are preferably made of corrugated strawboard or the like, thus providing an outer protective armor of the requisite stiffness and thickness to safely protect the Cellular structure and eggs contained therein.

By referring to the accompanying drawings my invention will be made clear.

Figure 1 illustrates the completed container in elevation and represents across sec tion through the center thereof as on the `line lo I-I of Figure 2.

Fig. 2 represents an assembled. bottom partition for the upper tier and top partition for the lower tier of Fig. 1.

Fig.v 3 represents in detail a single cell 4-5 formed by the partition members.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 3 with an egg in place.

Fig. 5 is a perspective detail of the eX- pausible strip which I employ in the individual cells.

Throughout the figures similar numerals eggs arranged in two tiers of one dozen each ;l f'

-for each 4 egg is provided a cell as indicated. in AFigures` 3 and Il," which cell is lined witlran erpansible strip as `indicated in Fig.

`5 by ClQYetailing theslot 28 lover the member ,eggv in both tiers, rests upon a bot xt4/)m mem/ber consisting of a folded strip 15 supported by folds at 19 from contact strips so that a flexible bottom support is provided for the Yegg and a similar top member which is formed the same as said bottom member but reversel in position 'so that their corre oth.

structure is ,shownin detailin. Fig.

2, it being understood that va top and bottom member is provided for each tier and the bottom memberl of the upper tier is assembled with the top member of the lowertier in manner shown in Fig. 2, whereas the top member of the upper tier isrepresented by the lower sheet of Fig. 2 and thebottom member of the lower tier is represented by a sheet similar to the upper sheet of Fig. 2.

In thisway itwill be seen that the boX ofv Fig 1 may be inverted and in either posi-` tion the eggs are supported elastically by the folds of the sheet containing the punched out holes for receiving their eggs.

In-the Figure 1 the sides of the box are indicated by the numerals 1 and 2, the bottom and top by numerals 3 and 4, respectively, the latter being shown folded over in double thickness tov cover the jointof the side flaps as shown at 5. The eggs are shown at 6, 7 8, 9, 10, 11, l2, 13; 6 to 9 being a row in the upper tier and 10 to 13 a row in the lower tier. `Bottom supporting members consisting of folded strips of cardboard or the like, suitably Vpunched for receiving one end of each egg are shown at 14 and 15, and top members of identical form but in reverse pov sition are shown at 16 and 17. `These are folded and supported from contact strips as 18, 19, 20 which contact strips are in turn supported by the partition members as 21 and 22.

the walls of the Cells are preferably dovetailed togetherv in the well-known way as illustrated in perspective view Fig. and within the dovetail at 28 formed between two adjacent wallsl I insert the folded strip 27. It will be noted that the folds in this strip are made longitudinally. with the axis, of the egg so that it forms an accordian The partitions 23, 24, 25, 26 which forni y cordian pleats 'from pleated lining for the cell within which eggs of various sizes will be held by the said acany moving about therein.

It will thus be seen that the container ot Fig. 1 provides two dozen cells each containing an expansible strip 27 and bottom'supporting spring members 14:, 15 and top holding spring members 16, 17 g also outer cell walls oitering compressionand tension sup-k.

port from crosstrussing through the entire package as at 23, 24, and 26 and .iiorm also supports and spacing members for Athe contact strips as 1S, 19 and 20; and around all is an outer protecting casing as indicated by` the walls 1, 2, 3 and 4L, forming a complete egg container or package.

Reiterence is herein directed to my co ypending application Ser. 521,980, tiled Deo,

la, i921.

l claim: 1. A package for shipping and handling eggs comprising a plurality of partitions intercrossing to form cell walls, parallel contactstrips supported by said partitions, a

top and a bottom member of relatively re-` versed form, recessed for receiving egg ends and bent away from saidv Contact strips, and

an eXpansible filler for each celll engaged with the wall of said cell.

' 2. The combination of a plurality of hori theother of said horizontallyarranged memy bers and spacing and supporting them, and expansible strips engaged with said vertical members and adapted to individually wrap the eggs. v

EDWIN F. 

